Reviews of National Policies for Education: Scotland 2007
Subtitle: Quality and Equity of Schooling in Scotland
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Series: Reviews of national policies for education; Reviews of National Policies for Education
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]:
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9789264041004
Subjects: Education
Description: Scotland consistently performs at a very high standard in OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and has one of the most equitable school systems in the OECD. This review examines the strengths of Scotland’s schools and the challenges they face in securing high standards for all children. One major challenge is an achievement gap that opens up late in primary education and widens through junior secondary years: children from poorer backgrounds are more likely than others to under-achieve. A second challenge for Scotland is to achieve broader and more successful participation in upper secondary education and greater equity in higher education. The review assesses the performance of Scottish schools, using PISA findings and national test and examination results. It also examines educational reforms in Scotland in the light of reforms in countries facing similar challenges.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Executive Summary; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Strengths of the Scottish School System; title: 3. The Comparative Performance of Scottish Schools; title: 4. The Achievement Gap in Scottish School Education; title: 5. Staying at School, Building on School; title: 6. Reforming the Curriculum; title: 7. Going Forward; title: Annex 1. Terms of Reference for the Review of Education in Scotland; title: Annex 2. Programme for the visit to Scotland by the OECD Review Team, 12-22 March 2007; title: Annex 3. The OECD Review Team